Legislation & Skills

A report has revealed that Europe’s nanotechnology patent filings are alarmingly low in comparison to the US and the Far East

China’s electronics industry is getting its RoHS act together, claims test house Soldetec Global

Producers of business to business (B2B) WEEE will start paying for recycling three months earlier than producers of consumer WEEE

Failure to comply with the European WEEE Directive on waste and recycling could leave a company open to financial risk

Companies must not only register their trademarks in countries such as China, but they must enforce them if they are to protect their brand reputation and business, according to copyright lawyers

A knowledge transfer network (KTN) has been announced for the electronics sector today by the UK’s science minister Lord Sainsbury

Electronics markets in Europe and Asia Pacific are moving to control the level of hazardous substances such as lead and mercury in products, but the US market still seems reluctant to jump on the RoHS bandwagon

In a very short space of time many non-compliant lines have become obsolete, threatening to create a backlog of products

Manufacturers of mission-critical products campaigned for RoHS exemption but now find they have been using lead-free components anyway

Shortages of some non-RoHS compliant components which are being used in products exempt from the new rules on use of lead and other hazardous materials are pushing up prices and extending leadtimes